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It took a jury less than 20 minutes to return a guilty verdict against 31-year-old Timothy Lindsey on aggravated rape charges Wednesday

Wilkerson says Grant, a career criminal, broke into a 50-year-old woman’s home in the airport area in 2006.

City discusses possibility of paying plaintiff’s in rape kit lawsuit

Jimmie Liddell’s charges go back to 2006

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Shocking new details are coming out of a lawsuit against the City of Memphis for the backlog of untested rape kits. A former Memphis Police Lieutenant testified on Wednesday that detectives intentionally closed sexual assault cases without sending victim’s rape kits out for testing or following up on leads first, and he […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn — Memphis is getting more than $1 million to help curb sexual assault and domestic violence in the community. The grant is coming from the U.S. Department of Justice and is expected to be finalized on Wednesday. Police respond to more than 40 domestic violence calls every day in Memphis on average and […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An article bashing the Memphis Police Department for how they treat domestic violence and sex assault victims is making its rounds online. The article was posted by an organization called “The Raw Story,” which has over a million followers on Facebook. The article talks about untested rape kits and controversy with the […]

NEW YORK — Two New York City Police detectives have been indicted for allegedly raping a teenager in a police van in Coney Island last month after handcuffing her and placing her under arrest,  acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Monday. According to police, on Sept. 15th, around 7:30 p.m., Detective Eddie Martins, 37, […]

His grandmother was one of four women raped by Tony Sea between 2000 and 2001.

“Just because it’s been 35 years doesn’t mean I have forgotten about it.”

It took 17 years, but now the case against former police officer Bridges Randle is expected to finally to to trial Monday.